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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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